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battery help needed

leprechaun47 · 2008-08-18 17:10:22

hey should you charge a new aeg battery or is it charged already?

18-08-2008 6:10pm

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leprechaun47

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hey should you charge a new aeg battery or is it charged already?

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#2 18-08-2008 6:12pm

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leprechaun47 wrote: »

hey should you charge a new aeg battery or is it charged already?

Only one way to find out

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#3 18-08-2008 6:16pm

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you should ideally discharge and slow charge fully before use for the first time

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#4 18-08-2008 6:53pm

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Puding wrote: »

you should ideally discharge and slow charge fully before use for the first time

ok.. thanks.

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#5 18-08-2008 7:20pm

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Slow charge only applies to NiCds. If it's a NiMH battery you can whack it onto fast charge without any fuss. NiCds must always be slow charged, NiMHs are the opposite.

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